posthumous

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Black Sabbath star Ozzy Osbourne was awarded a posthumous lifetime achievement award, seven months after his death at the age of 76.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

I confess I’m not impervious to the posthumous allure.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

There is no escaping the fact that by watching “Love Story,” we are engaging in a posthumous version of the very same thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Sunday paid tribute to Afrobeat king Fela Kuti after his posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys, the first African artist to be honoured this way.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Now Cabot Searcy felt as if he had been given some sort of posthumous assignment from Benton.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley